Type-distributing apparatus.



R. D-CHBUX. TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATIoN HLM; JULY '1, 1909.

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ANDREW a GRAHAM C0 PHoTaLmwGRAFRERS, wAsNr'NGToN. u. c.

R. .DAGHBUK TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION I'ILEDAJULY 7,1909.

Patented May 1'?, 1910.

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W/ Tf1/5555 ANDREW a GRAHAM co., PNoT-o-Lnnoamwsns. wAsmNsTcN` D. r;

B.. DACHEU'Xl TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1909.

'Patented May 17, 1910.

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Mw Mw REN DACHEUX, or LIEGE, BELGIUM.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Application filed July 7, 1909. Serial No. 506,342.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REN DAoHnUx, a citizen of France, residing at 64 Boulevard de Laveleye, Liege, in the Kingdom of Belgium, have invented new and useful Improvements in Type-Distributing Apparatus,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for distributing types mechanically to feeding boxes or the magazines of a composing machine, the arrangement being such that the types to be distributed being first laid on a galley are brought individually by a feeding piston into the irst of a series of recesses formed in a reciprocating distributing slide and then presented to controllers provided with controlling means or signatures, said controllers permitting passage of the types when the controlling means or signature 7 of the types correspond to the controlling means of the controllers and retain` ing the types if the signatures do not correspond during the return stroke of the distributing slide until the following recess of said slide has come beneath the undistributed type.

For this purpose, the distributing slide is provided with a slot or opening through which a piston ascends for raising .the undistributed types and presenting them to the resiliently mounted controllers and retaining said types if not set free by the controllers until the distributing slide has returned to its initial position.

In the annexed drawings which show diagrammatically an embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a front view, Fig. 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Fig. l, Fig. 4 shows a second form of a controller, Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing a third form of a controller. Fig. 6 is a view of the main face of the apparatus showing the third and a fourth form of a controller. Fig. 7 is a view partly in section along the line 7 7 of Fig. y5. Fig. 8 shows a detail of the third form of controllers.

To be distributed mechanically, the characters a must first receive a mark or signature formed of two slots or notches (Fig. S) on the opposite side to the usual notch or signature. The diiferent types are differentiated from each other by the distance between the two slots b.

My distributing apparatus is used in combination with a feeding device of a known type comprising a galley or inclined table c (Fig. 3) upon which the form of types to be distributed is laid, said types being held laterally by the edge Z of this galley and by the wall f which is adjustable according to the length of line or the breadth of the form to be distributed. The lines of types are pushed by a slide g actuated by a weight or a spring toward the fixed wall it closing the extremity of the galley, in the direction of the arrow (Fig. The upper line z' is subjected to end pressure by a usher or slide drawn by a weight or a spring in the direction of the arrow and brought thereby to a feeding piston k (Fig. l) having a proj ection 101 on its lower face. As the feeding piston le is raised (perpendicularly to the drawing and from the rear to the front in Fig. 3) its projection 701 detachee from the line z' the first letter Z (Fig. l) and feeds it in the direction of the arrow 7a2 to a recess m in a distributing slide n which is provided with a passage a1 (Fig. 2) in its upper face for permitting the entrance of the type Z.

As shown in Fig. l, the distributing slide n is provided with a spring pawl n2 which is depressed by the entering type but rises behind said type for retaining the same in the recess m. As soon as the type l is brought into the distributing slide a, the latter moves immediately in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 2) for controlling and distributing the type as hereinafter described while the piston lc redescends to take the following type. When the piston la has taken all the characters of the line z', a slide 0 (Fig. l) brings into the place o ccupied by the former the line z" which is now at the head of the parcel of type to be distributed. The feeding mechanism just described is actuated by cams keyed on a cam shaft making one revolution each time a new line is to be raised from to In Figs. 3 and 7 the line z" which is located in an inclined plane below that of z is represented as being about to be pushed by g beneath the line i.

The distributing mechanism proper, which forms the subject of the present invention, comprises the distributing slide n above referred to which is preferably made of two superposed parts. Said slide is provided with transverse channels or recesses m m1, m2, etc., adapted to receive the types placed flat in said recesses. The slide a has a lontent equal to the distance between two succeeding recesses. Said slide is slotted longitudinally at m3 to allow passage of the piston p whereby the types are raised at the midpart thereof. The piston 79 is mad-e of two parts, the upper part being provided with transverse notches or teeth, as shown in Fig. 7 and being' secured on the lower part so as to be adjustable lengthwise for the purpose of adjusting the distance between the edges of the notches in the piston and the opposite edges of the recesses in the distributing slide according to the body of the types. This piston p has an upward and downward oblique movement, the stroke being somewhat larger' than the depth of the recess in the distributing slide. The slide n, the piston p and the feeding piston 7u are actuated by cams mounted on the same cam shaft.

In the spaces between the recesses or channels m m1 m2, etc., in the distributing slide n, are located the heads of the controllers Q g1 g2, etc., which are somewhat similar to a gun cock in shape and are pivotally connected by pivots Q3 to small brackets g* mounted side by side on a bar 9 extending across the machine. The controllers are each provided with a projection or stop limiting their downward stroke and they are normally held in the controlling position in which they extend above bars s which leave between them spaces corresponding to the recessesof the distributing slide n. The controllers may however be raised to the position indicated in dotted lines in F 1 to facilitate the inspection and cleaning of the same. Each controller is provided laterally at its lower end, with two small controlling projections or teeth t which form the signature, the distance between said teeth corresponding to that between the slots of the signature of a determined type. On the face u of the machine, below the controllers and in alinement with the recesses m m1 m2, etc., of the distributing slide, conduits al u2, etc., are formed between bars s1, which conduits respectively lead to the boxes or magazine of the composing machine.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: The piston 7c feeds a type along the channel al into the recess m and retires immediately. Owing to the inclined position of the distributing slide n, the type rests by its foot on the lower wall of said recess. Then the distributing slide n moves in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 2) and the rem comes beneath the space between the two first controllers g Q1. At this moment, the piston 77 is raised through the opening m3 in the distributing slide nA and lifts the character which is in the recess m. This being done, the slide 'n returns to initial position and the piston 7c brings a new type into the first recess m. In its upward movement, the piston p, as before explained, lifts the character from the recess in the slide and presents the signature of the character to the teeth t ofthe controller g. If the signatures of the controller and the character correspond, the notches in the letter pass freely upon the teeth of the controller and this latter does not yield upwardly. Having passed the controlling teeth, the type, which is then in front of the conduit u1, is entirely free having been raised by the piston above the walls of the recess, and said type slides into the conduit u1 which leads itto the corresponding box. If, on the contrary, the signatures of the controller g and of the character Z do not correspond, the controller which bears by its teeth upon the character is lifted by the said character which is held thereby when it arrives opposite the conduit 'zal by the elastic pressure exercised thereon by the controller and piston. Then the piston 7) redescends, the undistributed character Z redescends therewith but, as the distributing slide has returned to its initial position while the character was held in its raised position, the character is now in the second. recess 'm1 of this slide a. During this time, the first recess m has been provided with a new tvne so that when the slide a is moved again to the right (Fig. 2) the first character Z is brought beneath the second space between the controllers g1 Q2 and the second chf 1acter beneath the `first space between the controllers. lVhen the piston j? is raised again, the first character is presented thereby to the controller g and the second character to the controller g1. If the first character is not yetI recognized by the controller g1, c. if the signature of said character does not correspond to that of said controller, the first character will redescend with the piston 7) to enter the third recess m2 of the distributing slide and so on, each type moving step bv step and being presented successively to all the controllers until it nds the controller which recognizes it by its signature, that is to say, which corresponds to the signatures,7 and permits its passage to the corresponding box. It may be seen from the above description that all types are moved uncovered throughout the apparatus.

Instead of being in one piece, the controllers may be made of two parts Q as shown in Fig. 4, each part having its own pivot and one tooth t.

A further modified form of controllers is shown in Figs. 5 to 8. In this construction, a bar o is mounted above the distributing slide, said bar having in its lower face transverse slots corresponding to the recesses of the slide and the distributing conduits. In the bar fv, are secured pivots g3 supporting the controllers g the shape of which is shown in detail in the Fig. 8. The controllers are provided with beveled ends t which replace the teeth above mentioned and bear obliquely upon the type body or the notches thereof when the signature of the letter corresponds to the controller. These controllers are normally held down by springs g5 and the shanks g thereof abut against a stop o1 in order to limit the down` ward movement of the beveled ends of the controllers. The shafts or pivots of the controllers, which rest by their free end on bars o3, have a position such that the tips t of said controllers come into engagement with the type at a distance of about t-hree tenths of millimeter only from the edge thereof but rapidly acquire a mid position relative to the body of the type during the ascent of the piston p. This arrangement has for effect to prevent the thin types from returning under the pressure of the controllers as happens at present when the controllers work too close to the edges of the types.

The operation is substantially the same as described in connection with the first construction of controllers: The types are lifted by the piston p so that the feet of the types come into the slots m m1, etc., while their heads come between the bars o3. The characters having a signature corresponding to the controllers are then able to slide into the conduits u, u1, u2, etc., while the undi-stributed types are returned into the following recesses in the distributing slide n by the elastic pressure of the controllers. The controllers may also be in the shape of small sliding blocks g (Figs. 6 and 7) guided by a groove and tongue engagement in the bar 'v and the bars o3. The distributing mechanism may also be arranged circularly instead of being along a straight line, the operation remaining the same. The slides instead of bars would then be in a ring shape.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a type distributing apparatus, the combination with a feeding mechanism for the types to be distributed, of a distributing slide having recesses adapted to receive the types from the feeding mechanism, controllers provided with a signature corresponding to that of the corresponding types, a piston for raising the types from the slide and presenting the same to the controllers, distributing conduits adapted to receive the types recognized by the controllers and means for imparting to the distributing slide and the piston a reciprocating motion.

2. In a type distributing apparatus, the

combinationwith a feeding mechanism for the types to be distributed, of a distributing slide having recesses adapted to receive the types from the feeding mechanism, controllers provided with teeth spaced apart at a distance corresponding to the distance between notches provided in the corresponding types, a piston for raising the types from the slide and presenting them to the controllers, distributing conduits adapted to receive the types recognized by the controllers and means for imparting to the distributing slide and the piston a reciprocating motion.

3. In a type distributing apparatus the combination with a feeding mechanism, of a distributing slide, controlling ngers pivotally mounted at one end, springs for maintaining said controlling iingers in a downward position, a piston for presenting the types to the controllers, distributing conduits, and means for imparting to the distributing slide and the piston a reciprocating motion.

4. In a type distributing apparatus, the combination with a feeding mechanism, of a distributing slide, vcontrolling fingers disposed end to end and pivotally mounted at their opposite ends, a piston for presenting the types to the controllers, distributing conL duits, and means for imparting to the distributing slide and the piston a reciprocating motion.

5. In a type distributing apparatus, the combination with a feeding mechanism, of a distributing slide, controlling fingers piv otally mounted intermediate their ends, springs for maintaining the operating ends of the controllers in a downward position, a stop coacting with the shanls of the controllers for limiting the downward movement thereof, a piston for presenting the types to the controllers, distributing conduits, and means for imparting to the distributing slide and the piston a reciprocating motion.

6. In a type distributing apparatus, the

combination with a feeding mechanism, of

RENE DACI-IEUX. Witnesses:

HENRI MALET, MAURICE HERMITTE. 

